blue heronn.

Brit.

/ˈbluː ˌhɛrən/,

/ˈbluː ˌhɛrn̩/, U.S.

/ˈblu ˌhɛrən/

Forms: see blue adj. and heron n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., heron n.

Etymology: < blue adj. + heron n.

Any of several herons with grey or bluish-grey plumage.

a. The European common or grey heron, Ardea cinerea. Now rare.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron) > miscellaneous types of

blue heron1565

white heron1575

blue heron1731

squacco1752

frog-catcher1782

purple heron1785

great blue1838

Goliath1860

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Ardea cinerna, The blew heron.

1664 F. Gouldman Copious Dict. i. at Bird A blew heron. Ardea cinerea.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 2) II. 340 The Common Heron... The Blue Heron. Turner.

1897 M. Chamberlain Nuttall's Pop. Handbk. Ornithol. East. N. Amer. (rev. ed.) II. 81 A few examples of the Blue Heron (Ardea cinerea)—the ‘Common Heron’ of European books—have been taken in southern Greenland.

1909 Times 24 Aug. 15/3 One wonders whether the blue heron is destined before long to follow the bittern and the stork down the melancholy road to extinction as a British species.

b. North American. Either of two North American herons, the large Ardea herodias (also more fully great blue heron) and the small Egretta caerulea (also more fully little blue heron).

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron) > miscellaneous types of

blue heron1565

white heron1575

blue heron1731

squacco1752

frog-catcher1782

purple heron1785

great blue1838

Goliath1860

1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 76 Ardea cœrulea, the blue Heron..These Birds are not numerous in Carolina, and are rarely seen but in the Spring of the Year.

1835 J. J. Audubon Birds Amer. III. 93 When wounded, the Great Blue Heron immediately prepares for defence, and woe to the man or dog who incautiously comes within reach of its powerful bill.

1893 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 198 Here let me say that the great blue heron is..a big bird.

1917 A. H. Spicer Songs Skokie 155 Wind o' the low lake where hides the blue hern.

1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 206/2 The Ward is the Southern form of the great blue heron.

1972 M. J. Ursin Life in & around Salt Marshes 75 (caption) A blue-gray heron patched with white is unmistakably an immature little blue heron approaching adulthood.

2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 Oct. a1/3 They [sc. mussels] are too tough for people to eat, but they make tasty snacks for blue herons.

c. New Zealand. The darker, slate-grey form of the eastern reef heron, Egretta sacra; = matuku n. 1. Occasionally also: the white-faced heron, Ardea novaehollandiae.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous)

gaulina1705

aigrette1772

blue heron1777

paddy1777

matuku1843

paddy bird1843

switching necka1869

1777 J. Cook Jrnl. Feb. (1967) III. 807 There is also about the shore a few sea gulls, some blue herons.

1838 J. S. Polack New Zealand I. 306 Blue herons, auks, sand larks, sand plovers, terns..are met with in multitudes.

1873 W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 229 The Blue Heron is not confined to New Zealand, but is found along the whole of the Australian coasts and throughout the Polynesian archipelago.

1921 Quick March 10 Aug. 25 Along the western shore of Wellington Harbour there lives..a colony of blue herons.

1957 P. Moncrieff N.Z. Birds (ed. 5) 113 Blue Heron..matuku.

1997 B. Heather & H. Robertson Field Guide Birds N.Z. 250/1 White-faced Heron Ardea novaehoillandiae. Other names: Blue Heron, Blue Crane.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue heron
释义	blue heronn. Brit. /ˈbluː ˌhɛrən/, /ˈbluː ˌhɛrn̩/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌhɛrən/ Forms: see blue adj. and heron n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., heron n. Etymology: < blue adj. + heron n. Any of several herons with grey or bluish-grey plumage. a. The European common or grey heron, Ardea cinerea. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron) > miscellaneous types of blue heron1565 white heron1575 blue heron1731 squacco1752 frog-catcher1782 purple heron1785 great blue1838 Goliath1860 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Ardea cinerna, The blew heron. 1664 F. Gouldman Copious Dict. i. at Bird A blew heron. Ardea cinerea. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 2) II. 340 The Common Heron... The Blue Heron. Turner. 1897 M. Chamberlain Nuttall's Pop. Handbk. Ornithol. East. N. Amer. (rev. ed.) II. 81 A few examples of the Blue Heron (Ardea cinerea)—the ‘Common Heron’ of European books—have been taken in southern Greenland. 1909 Times 24 Aug. 15/3 One wonders whether the blue heron is destined before long to follow the bittern and the stork down the melancholy road to extinction as a British species. b. North American. Either of two North American herons, the large Ardea herodias (also more fully great blue heron) and the small Egretta caerulea (also more fully little blue heron). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron) > miscellaneous types of blue heron1565 white heron1575 blue heron1731 squacco1752 frog-catcher1782 purple heron1785 great blue1838 Goliath1860 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 76 Ardea cœrulea, the blue Heron..These Birds are not numerous in Carolina, and are rarely seen but in the Spring of the Year. 1835 J. J. Audubon Birds Amer. III. 93 When wounded, the Great Blue Heron immediately prepares for defence, and woe to the man or dog who incautiously comes within reach of its powerful bill. 1893 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 198 Here let me say that the great blue heron is..a big bird. 1917 A. H. Spicer Songs Skokie 155 Wind o' the low lake where hides the blue hern. 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 206/2 The Ward is the Southern form of the great blue heron. 1972 M. J. Ursin Life in & around Salt Marshes 75 (caption) A blue-gray heron patched with white is unmistakably an immature little blue heron approaching adulthood. 2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 Oct. a1/3 They [sc. mussels] are too tough for people to eat, but they make tasty snacks for blue herons. c. New Zealand. The darker, slate-grey form of the eastern reef heron, Egretta sacra; = matuku n. 1. Occasionally also: the white-faced heron, Ardea novaehollandiae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) gaulina1705 aigrette1772 blue heron1777 paddy1777 matuku1843 paddy bird1843 switching necka1869 1777 J. Cook Jrnl. Feb. (1967) III. 807 There is also about the shore a few sea gulls, some blue herons. 1838 J. S. Polack New Zealand I. 306 Blue herons, auks, sand larks, sand plovers, terns..are met with in multitudes. 1873 W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 229 The Blue Heron is not confined to New Zealand, but is found along the whole of the Australian coasts and throughout the Polynesian archipelago. 1921 Quick March 10 Aug. 25 Along the western shore of Wellington Harbour there lives..a colony of blue herons. 1957 P. Moncrieff N.Z. Birds (ed. 5) 113 Blue Heron..matuku. 1997 B. Heather & H. Robertson Field Guide Birds N.Z. 250/1 White-faced Heron Ardea novaehoillandiae. Other names: Blue Heron, Blue Crane. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1565
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